United States Solicitor General
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The United States Solicitor General is the person appointed to argue for the Government of the United States in front of the Supreme Court of the United States whenever the government is party to a case. [1]
The immediate past Solicitor General was Elena Kagan, who stepped down when she joined the Supreme Court of the United States. She was succeeded by Donald Verrilli Jr., who was approved by the Senate on June 6, 2011. [2]
